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: Been away ..but busy, rear suspension upgrades


pmullaly
Mar 28th, 04, 11:38 PM
Sorry to have been away for a bit, trying to take care of projects and work Graves.
Anyway had a few hour to kill during the race today so I played Monster Garage.
& installed all the goodies that had finally come.
Unfortuanately there were no "freebies"
In the beginning (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/pmullaly/caminorearbegin.jpg)
In the end (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/pmullaly/Caminoreardone.jpg)

Installed were the GW lowers(del-alums), Edelbrock adjustable uppers,Hotchkis braces, & new rubber bushings in the rear end uppers.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get er on a rack and verify pinion angle

sobever066
Mar 28th, 04, 11:59 PM
I am putting a new bolt on fab 9 in my car hopefully next weekend when it gets hear. How do you like the global west arms compared to the hotchis arms? I am debating the global west, hotchkis thing right now.

pmullaly
Mar 29th, 04, 6:45 PM
I had 1 problem with the GW arms- the swaybar cutout wasn't long enough.Global problem (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/pmullaly/Globalproblem1.jpg)
I wound up grinding alittle off my bar
I went with GW because 1,Spherical bearing on frame side 2,Del alum bushing on rear end 3, lots of positive things said on the Impala board about GW.
I removed all the poly bushings from the rear end. I'll find out tonight how sucsessful I was in eliminating the 70 mPH vibration I've had since day 1.